mickcsavage
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By which I mean the objections raised by other reviewers. They may or may not be valid (and Clu. Gulager, an actor I didn't know, certainly overacts pretty drastically), but when I realised that Stanley Adams - playing the cop - was Cyrano Jones, of Star Trek Tribble fame, who shot himself to death because of 'back pain' (as I discovered from Wikipedia) in 1977, I couldn't watch it dispassionately. Poor sod.
PS. The twist at the end was about as subtle as Clu's acting...enjoyed Hitch and his take on baseball by the way! Even though I'm English too, I'm very fond of the game. Fond memories of cold days at Candlestick Park!
PS. The twist at the end was about as subtle as Clu's acting...enjoyed Hitch and his take on baseball by the way! Even though I'm English too, I'm very fond of the game. Fond memories of cold days at Candlestick Park!
An interesting Colombo for a couple of reasons. Not so much the plot - as others have pointed out, there are obvious plot holes (the shoe-lace stuff in particular feels contrived and unconvincing), but more the dynamic between the Lieutenant and Janus, the murderer. For once Colombo loses his cool and displays a genuine anger towards the protagonist. Most unusual.
But then looking into the background of Robert Conrad, the actor playing Janus (not being American I was unfamiliar with him), I read he was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago in the mid thirties. So Falk plays opposite Falk.
Nothing life-shattering about it, I admit. Just thought it was odd. And in the event someone ever reads this- and, let's face it, you are - I thought you might be interested.
Just one more thing...(couldn't resist it!)
But then looking into the background of Robert Conrad, the actor playing Janus (not being American I was unfamiliar with him), I read he was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago in the mid thirties. So Falk plays opposite Falk.
Nothing life-shattering about it, I admit. Just thought it was odd. And in the event someone ever reads this- and, let's face it, you are - I thought you might be interested.
Just one more thing...(couldn't resist it!)
A (presumably) American reviewer above is puzzled by the 'US style' salutes observed in this film - the answer that while it's true that the British Army always salute palm-out, the Royal Navy salute is traditionally made palm-down. And this is, of course, a naval operation.
Interesting film, and despite the lengths the Brits went to, hard to believe the Germans actually bought it. The very coincidental washing up of a body containing top-secret plans close to a well-known nest of Nazi agents would seem a weakness, but gullibility is, I guess, an enduring human trait.
Convincing turn by Clifton Webb, and while the sub-plot involving Stephen Boyd and Gloria Grahame also stretches credibility a little, it adds a welcome dramatic flavour to proceedings.
Interesting film, and despite the lengths the Brits went to, hard to believe the Germans actually bought it. The very coincidental washing up of a body containing top-secret plans close to a well-known nest of Nazi agents would seem a weakness, but gullibility is, I guess, an enduring human trait.
Convincing turn by Clifton Webb, and while the sub-plot involving Stephen Boyd and Gloria Grahame also stretches credibility a little, it adds a welcome dramatic flavour to proceedings.